Under the roadbed of a road two kilometers away from the Hutou stronghold, Brigadier Chen held up a telescope and watched the attack on the Hutou stronghold attentively. Behind him were Li Yunlong, Ding Wei and several other 386 brigade commanders.
member.
When everyone saw the two bunkers covering several acres of land exploded into the sky amidst the sound of cannons, they all burst into cheers. Many staff officers were so excited that they couldn't help but hug each other.
In the past, if the Eighth Route Army wanted to deal with a large stronghold like this, it would not even think about taking it without deploying more than one regiment of troops and paying a heavy price.
This is not because the Eighth Route Army soldiers cannot fight, but because the Eighth Route Army is too poor.
It doesn’t matter if the local troops are short of guns and ammunition. Even the soldiers of the main force count their bullets when fighting, let alone heavy weapons. A regiment can have two mortars or a dozen mortars.
The cartridges are already awesome, but as for the towed artillery, I don’t even dare to think about it.
But today this situation has changed greatly. After the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, a lot of Japanese equipment was seized.
According to statistics, more than 23,000 Japanese Type 38 rifles, more than 200 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 1.6 million rounds of bullets were seized in this battle. The most surprising thing is that they also seized Japanese Type 92 infantry cannons.
, a total of nineteen artillery pieces including mountain artillery and field artillery.
Naturally, the Liantai militia looked down upon these Japanese-style weapons, so Gao Hongming gave all the captured weapons to the Third Army and the 386th Brigade with a wave of his hand. After totaling the two, he simply added two to five.
The 386th Brigade was assigned three Type 91 105mm field guns, five Type 92 infantry guns and more than a dozen mortars this time, and this was the reason why they took the extravagant action of bombarding the Hutou Fortress.
The reason why the Japanese army came up with this cage policy was that the Eighth Route Army lacked heavy weapons for attacking fortresses. Just ordinary machine guns and earthen artillery could not deal with the Japanese troops hiding in the bunkers.
Generally speaking, the time it took for the Eighth Route Army to conquer a bunker ranged from half a day to several days, and sometimes it even had to retreat in spite of its heavy casualties.
The most typical example is the fierce battle in Guanjianao. At that time, a Japanese Okazaki detachment with more than 500 people accidentally penetrated into the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army base area. The Eighth Route Army dispatched the 129th Division, and two members of the first column.
A total of 20,000 troops from the regiment and the special agent regiment surrounded it.
Logically speaking, 20,000 people versus 500 people, this battle can be called anti-aircraft artillery fighting mosquitoes. According to ordinary people's opinion, more than 20,000 people can drown the Japanese even if each one of them pees.
But the result of the battle was that under the supervision of the deputy commander-in-chief, the Eighth Route Army fought bloody battles with the Japanese army for two days and nights. After paying more than 2,000 casualties, it still failed to achieve its intention of encircling and annihilating the Japanese army. In the end, it was forced to withdraw due to the arrival of a large Japanese army.
This is because the equipment gap between China and Japan was too large at that time, and the Japanese army occupied favorable terrain, so the Eighth Route Army's numerical advantage could not be used at all. This led to the failure to achieve a decisive victory even after paying such heavy casualties.
But this time, the Eighth Route Army's attack on the Hutou stronghold, which was also high in the city and deep in the city, ended the battle in less than twenty minutes. The most fundamental reason was that the Eighth Route Army had a weapon for siege... artillery.
After the battle, the Eighth Route Army hurriedly cleaned up the battlefield and continued to advance along the road towards the base area.
After the battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, the 386th Brigade could be said to have completed the transformation from shotguns to artillery. Facing the solid strongholds and bunkers that had previously cost human lives, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were not afraid at all and directly pushed the artillery in front of the strongholds for direct fire.
, only one or two shells are needed to solve the problem.
Along the way, the Japanese army soon learned the strength of the Eighth Route Army that had just come down from Zhongtiao Mountain. Many Japanese troops in strongholds along the way either fled or were blown into powder by artillery fire.
This situation lasted for four or five days. Before the large Japanese troops arrived, they entered the depths of the mountains and then disappeared, making the Japanese troops who followed them jump in anger.
However, although the 386th Brigade's aggressive approach was arrogant, some people felt distressed.
"It's outrageous... It's really outrageous. What does the 386th Brigade want to do... Can't you just survive?"
Brigadier Li of the 343rd Brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army slapped the table in distress.
"Our Eighth Route Army originally lacked guns and artillery. This time we managed to get a few heavy artillery and some artillery shells through the Zhongtiao Mountain Battle. Now it's better. Lao Chen could have entered the base area in a more covert way, but now he is pushing all the way with such a big fanfare.
Come here and waste countless precious shells, what does he want to do?"
Looking at Brigadier Li banging the table, Brigadier Wang from the 385th Brigade smiled and took out a box of cigarettes and handed one over: "Old Li, calm down... There is nothing that Old Chen can do about this."
thing.
You don’t even think about it. It is almost impossible for a team of more than 10,000 people to sneak into the base area without telling the Japanese. Since they have the strength to push all the way, why do they need to hide? You say so
no?"
Brigadier Li did not take the cigarette, but unceremoniously snatched the box of Camel cigarettes from Brigadier Wang's hand, "Old Wang, don't speak for Old Chen. This guy was studying at Whampoa Military Academy.
When he was young, he was known as a prodigal, especially when he took advantage of his classmates.
Moreover, in the past year and more, the 386 Brigade has been following the wealthy local man named Gao Hongming in Liantai County, and this problem has become more serious. Look at you, you are smoking American cigarettes, drinking American coffee, and using American
lighter.
Good guy, this little life is more prosperous than that of a rich man from Shanxi. The most important thing is that when you have good things, you don’t want to take care of your brothers and sisters. This is the most unforgivable!"
"Hahaha……"
Brigadier Li's words caused everyone to burst into laughter. The deputy commander pointed at him and shook his head helplessly while laughing and said to the crowd, "Look, what does it mean to be a drunkard who doesn't care about drinking...that's it!"
This kid is obviously jealous of the good life of the 386th Brigade, but he still refuses to admit it, so he used the cannon incident to get angry with us. Do you think he is cunning or not?"
The words of the deputy commander-in-chief caused another burst of laughter. There was no one present who had been killed in the battlefield for many years. The curse words brigadier Li just said may not be false.
Because according to the principle that all seizures must be returned to the public, even the loot captured by the 386th Brigade must be handed over to the headquarters first, and then distributed by the headquarters.
These three Type 91 105mm field guns are destined not to be owned by the 386 Brigade, and are most likely to be directly under the headquarters.
But the problem now is that the shells of these artillery pieces are missing every time. Now the 386th Brigade's wasteful behavior of using heavy artillery to clear the way has naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of Brigadier Li.
Good guy, you have used up all the cannonballs, what will we use in the future?